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Letters: Critical responses to African aid claims (Guardian Unlimited)
We were struck by the lack of a critical response to the research cited by Larry Elliott and Heather Stewart on Africa and the millennium development goals, ( Africa begins to make poverty history , 3 March). The article covers a key policy goal for governments in Africa and for the Department for International Development, other donors and the UN, so it is important that the research is ...
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Conference Calls For East African Countries To Prioritize Water, Sanitation Programs (Medical News Today)
During a sanitation conference being held in Kampala, Uganda, this week, "experts have urged regional countries to prioritize programs aimed at increasing access to safe water and sanitation" to move them closer to reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target in 2015, New Times/allAfrica.com reports. "According to Water Aid, an international NGO, one billion people still lack access ...
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Landmark oil and mining transparency initiative faces credibility test as key deadline passes (Global Witness)
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a pioneering initiative to bring more openness to the world's oil and mining industries, faces a major credibility test after 20 out of 22 countries failed to meet a key deadline today.
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SWAZILAND: Tackling one crisis at a time does not solve all (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN The myriad crises afflicting Swaziland can only be solved with a holistic approach, not a piecemeal one, the World Food Programme (WFP) deputy executive director, Sheila Sisulu, said during a recent tour of the country.
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Geldof rages at BBC over claim Live Aid millions were used to buy arms (Times Online)
Bob Geldof reacted angrily yesterday to claims broadcast on the BBC that millions of dollars raised by Band Aid were diverted to Ethiopian rebels.
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Africa begins to make poverty history (Guardian Unlimited)
US economists challenge conventional view that the continent is a basket case For decades, it has been seen as the world's lost continent. Now, a new study says that the view of Africa as a basket case is wrong. As the continent prepares to welcome thousands of international football fans for the World Cup in June, it seems the image of an economically vibrant region the hosts are keen to ...
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Has Zuma's visit restored credibility? (BBC News)
The South African president is returning after a three-day state visit to the UK. Has the trip improved his credibility?
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The NS Interview: Dambisa Moyo, economist (The New Statesman)
Your vision for Africa's future is a controversial one. Do you really believe that aid is dead? If aid were a private-sector business or a political system, it would definitely have gone by now. But here we have a system that has been going on and on and not delivering.
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Sierra Leone: learning curve (Daily Telegraph)
World Vision is helping children in Sierra Leone overcome poverty and ignorance. Chris Harvey sees the results of its work.
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Ireland urges more pressure to end Gaza blockade (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Foreign minister calls "unacceptable" conditions medieval * Says first EU foreign min to visit Gaza in over a year DUBLIN, March 5 (Reuters) - Ireland's ...
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